Blessings

God grant me the power of thanks
For all the blessings of life
For breath and voice to sing
For the coming of this spring
Small birds that sing to you

The passing of our brother Pete
These are the blessings to know
That life and death are gifts
each day we have the time to
celebrate this being here and now
this being of breath for peace
the plane of suffering is but one
aspect of the joy of living to
breathe the beauty of each moment
to give thanks for this our home
prayers for those that morn today
in far of places they bury the dead
what more can we say to live is good
to die is to chart the tides of tomorrow
thank you for my life for the gift
of song and word for the gift of peace
thank you for the moments of pain
to remind me of the goodness of being
for family friends dogs cats cows hens
thank you for love and letting go
when the lessons are learned again
for tall trees for water earth sky
for every nook and cranny of life
I give thanks for ancestors beyond
For the children coming to live well
For an end to war where nightmares
Get silenced by the sweet sound of
Peace for peace is a river flowing
May we who are here flow with beauty
Holding the reverence of each day
Holding the reverence of dying
Living each moment like our last
I give thanks for my breath